Tiger Talk
11/19/19
We are thankful for our Tigers and our Tiger families
West Cypress Hills Elementary is fortunate to have a great team whose focus is on providing our Tigers with the support and learning opportunities that they richly deserve.
And, we know that our "tools" in our toolboxes have been, and continue to be, greatly enhanced by the support of our Tiger families. We are thankful for you, and our many supporters. We are grateful for our fabulous PTO, our WatchDOGS, our many volunteers, our mentors, our LTHS PALS, the LTHS Cavalier football team, our Literacy Partners, and our other community partners.
We hope to have an opportunity to thank you in person at our Thanksgiving Feast this Thursday. More information about our Thanksgiving Feast can be found farther down inside this newsletter as well as on our school website. West Cypress Hills Elementary will be closed for the holiday November 25 through November 29, and we shall look forward to seeing our Tigers in school again at 7:40 am on Monday, December 2.
On behalf of all of the West Cypress staff, I wish you and your family a happy Thanksgiving holiday.
With warmest regards,
Melanie Beninga, Principal
The Student Council Presents our Annual Naked Turkey Contest to Benefit Helping Hands of Spicewood
This year our Tiger Student Council is collecting canned goods as their Thanksgiving project. They are asking all Tigers to bring canned goods to place in their classroom turkey grocery bag. Each teacher will have a turkey grocery bag and a Thanksgiving dinner plate on display in the classroom. For every 10 cans collected, the teacher's plate receives 1 Thanksgiving dinner item. The challenge among the classes is to see how many full plates of food they can provide for their teacher.
Each grade level, also, has a naked turkey on display just outside of the Tiger's Den. The more canned goods a grade level collects, the more feathers their turkey will receive. Hopefully, there are NO naked turkeys left on the board by November 22!
Canned goods are being collected November 14 - 22. The teachers of the grade level with the largest collection of canned goods will dress like turkeys on November 22, and their grade level turkey will be proudly displaying the most feathers.
The collected canned goods will be delivered by our Student Council to the Helping Hands of Spicewood on December 9.
WCHE Thanksgiving Feast Lunch Schedule
All of our Tigers and Tiger families are cordially invited to join us for our Thanksgiving Feast 2019. Our Feast will be Thursday, November 21.
Students' meals will be charged to their school meal accounts. Guest meals can be purchased in advance through Friday, November 15. Guest tickets are $5.50 per guest.
Guests coming for the first time to West Cypress Hills will need to present a photo ID at the front desk in order to obtain a visitor's badge. To avoid a long wait in security check-in lines, all other guests should RSVP so that their visitor's badge can be printed in advance.
Because of the number of guests we anticipate joining us for our feast, we will be following a special Feast luncheon schedule. We shall have our usual two lunch buffet lines plus a third lunch buffet on the stage. There will be two designated food allergy tables for our students and families with food allergies. The special Feast Luncheon Schedule is shown here:
1st Grade Ali, Gorfain, & Miller……....10:20 am to 10:50 am
1st Grade Jenkerson & Massey……...10:30 am to 11:00 am
1st Grade Rivera & Scholibo……………10:40 am to 11:10 am
KG Doering, Gillette, & Tasin………….10:55 am to 11:25 am
KG Bontke & Wells..………………….…...11:05 am to 11:35 am
KG Bymer & Wade…………………….…….11:15 am to 11:45 am
2nd Grade Gardner, Holt, & Wachsmann…11:30 am to 12:00 pm
2nd Grade Burns, Johnson, & Luster….11:40 am to 12:10 pm
2nd Grade Luke………………………....…....12:05 pm to 12:35 pm
3rd Grade Figueiredo & Jatzlau…….....12:05 pm to 12:35 pm
3rd Grade Eskridge, Ginn, & Hatfield…12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
3rd Grade Kogler………………………….....12:25 pm to 12:55 pm
5th Grade McDaniel & Thompson.……..12:25 pm to 12:55 pm
5th Grade Delmark, Embry, & Rausch...12:40 pm to 1:10 pm
5th Grade Mohr & Trapani.…....………….12:50 pm to 1:20 pm
4th Grade Scheffke………………………………..12:50 pm to 1:20 pm
4th Grade Clendennen, Crump, & Mottola…1:15 pm to 1:45 pm
4th Grade Cash, Gallenkamp, & Denning…..1:25 pm to 1:55 pm
Please park in our parking lots
During school events and visits to our campus, please park in one of our parking lots. If the lots are full, please park on the street next to the curb.
Please do NOT park on the Cypress Ranch Boulevard medians. Please do NOT park on grass or landscaped areas.
Let's be good neighbors and stay on the pavement. Thank you!
Tiger Mathletes Headed for District Championships!
Congratulations to our Mathletes whose math skills qualify them to compete in the Math League District Championships April 2020!
Pictured above, top row, left to right, are champion Mathletes Aayan Cheema, Sanjana Raj, and Logan Gramling. In the second row, left to right, are champion Mathletes Ellen Suh and Caleb Winoto.
We are Tiger proud of our Tiger Mathletes!
Thank you, Abir, Nirujen, and Sarujen!
Tigers Abir Singh, Nirujen Manoharan, and Sarujen Manoharan, set up a lemonade stand to raise funds for worthy causes, and we are very grateful that they found West Cypress Hills Elementary to be one of their worthy causes!
These young men will be presenting the funds they raised to Coaches Mirizzi and Cadorette at our next student assembly this Friday so that our PE Coaches can use the funds to purchase new PE equipment.
For more information about donations....
Wall of Fame for Shoe Tying!
If your Kinder, 1st Grader, and/or Second Grader can tie his/her shoes, please notify Coaches Mirizzi and Cadorette because they want to honor this accomplishment in the school gym on our WALL OF FAME FOR SHOE TYING!
Once notified of the student's successful shoe-tying accomplishment, we will provide your student with a paper shoe to color, take the student's photo, and then post the photo and customized paper shoe on our WALL OF FAME FOR SHOE TYING!
It's going to be really exciting to see our young Tigers on our WALL OF FAME!
Book BINGO Ends December 19! Read Read Read
Our school-wide reading program this year is formatted as a BINGO board. Each student received one board to take home in his/her folder the week of September 9. The Book BINGO program runs through Thursday, December 19. All students completing a Blackout will be invited to a special school-wide BINGO party!
For more information, please visit the library Book Bingo website.
Join the fun! Be a Tiger Volunteer!
Volunteering at West Cypress Hills Elementary is the best way to get involved, meet new people, and directly impact your child's school experience!
Check out the exciting volunteer opportunities and sign up for the areas that interest you. Once you have signed up, the Volunteer Liaison will contact you with specific information regarding times, dates, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Whitsitt, volunteer@wchpto.org
Thank You for Volunteering!!!
Yearbooks are a great way to remember the school year.
Order at your convenience at Balfour on line. Once in the Balfour site, enter "West Cypress Hills" as the school name and then select "yearbook." Orders may be be placed by phone, too, at 1-800-944-5930.
Tiger Holiday Celebations
Our winter holiday classroom parties are scheduled as shown below for Wednesday, December 18. RSVP here for any of our holiday events.
Kindergarten..........12:10 pm
1st Grade.................1:15 pm
2nd Grade................2:05 pm
3rd Grade.................1:40 pm
4th Grade................10:00 am
5th Grade..................2:00 pm
On Thursday, December 19, we'll host our Holiday Singalong in the Gym at 7:40 am at an all-school assembly. This is also an early release day, and school will be dismissed at noon. There is no Extended Care on Thursday, December 19. If your Tiger(s) usually reports to Extended Care at the end of the day, please be sure to update School Dismissal Manager with the updated dismissal arrangements.
There is no school December 20 through January 6. School is back in session at 7:40 am on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
Happy holidays!
Nurse Hensel Announces 5th Grade Girls' Scoliosis Screening During PE Class December 3 and 4
Upcoming Events
11/14-11/22/19......Student Council Collecting Canned Goods from Each Classroom
11/08-12/05/19......Drop Off Green Santa Donations @ WCHE
11/11-12/15/19......Register for Spring Boys LaCrosse @ Reduced Price
11/13-11/21/19......PTO Membership Drive
11/21/19................WCHE Thanksgiving Feast! RSVP
11/22/19................Wear Tiger Spirit Wear to 3rd - 5th Grade Assembly at 7:40 am RSVP
11/28/19................LTEF 5k Turkey Trot 8:30 am @ the Hills Country Club Register
11/25 - 11/29.........School is Out for Fall Break. Happy Thanksgiving!
12/03 - 12/04/19....5th Grade Girls' Scoliosis Screening During PE Class
12/05/19................LTC Library Bookmobile @ West Cypress Pool 3 - 4 pm
12/06/19................Wear Tiger Spirit Wear to KG - 2nd Grade Assembly at 7:40 am RSVP
12/09/19................Student Council Meeting 3 - 4 pm
12/12/19................3rd Grade Field Trip to Ballet Austin
12/13/19................Wear Tiger Spirit Wear to 3rd - 5th Grade Assembly at 7:40 am RSVP
12/18/19................Classroom Holiday Parties RSVP
12/19/19................Holiday Singalong in the Gym @ 7:40 am RSVP
12/19/19................Early Release Day -- Tigers Leave @ Noon! No Extended Care Today!
12/19/19................LTC Library Bookmobile @ West Cypress Pool 3 - 4 pm
12/20/19-1/6/20....School is Closed for the Holidays! Have Fun, Tigers!
01/01 - 01/31/20....LTISD School Board of Trustees Appreciation Month
01/07/20................Tigers Return to School @ 7:40 am. Welcome Back, Tigers!
01/10/20................Spelling Bee 1:30 - 2:45 pm in the Tiger's Den RSVP
01/10/20................Wear Tiger Spirit Wear to KG - 2nd Grade Assembly at 7:40 am RSVP
01/13/20................Student Council Meeting 3 - 4 pm
01/15/20................Science Fair Judging Takes Place
01/16/20................Science Fair Viewing in the Gym - Winners Announced 5 - 6 pm
01/17/20................Wear Tiger Spirit Wear to 3rd - 5th Grade Assembly at 7:40 am RSVP
01/20/20................No School Today!!! Honoring Martin Luther King
More Information about WCH
West Cypress Hills Elementary
Email: wchprincipal@ltisdschools.org
Website: https://www.ltisdschools.org/WCHE
Location: 6112 Cypress Ranch Boulevard, Travis County, TX, United States
Phone: 512-533-7500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltisdschools
Twitter: @principalwch